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Bill Stanfill, starred for Georgia and Dolphins, dies at 69

The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Bill Stanfill, who was voted the nation's top college lineman at Georgia and starred on two Super Bowl-winning teams with the Miami Dolphins, has died...
'Hallelujah' Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at age 82

By ANDREW DALTON and ROBERT JABLON
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like "Hallelujah," ''Suzanne"...
Robert Vaughn, suave 'Man from UNCLE' star, dies at 83

By FRAZIER MOORE
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Vaughn, the debonair, Oscar-nominated actor whose many film roles were eclipsed by his hugely popular turn in television's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E...
Clarence M. Ditlow III, long-time auto safety advocate, dies

The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Clarence M. Ditlow III, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety whose work over four decades forced the auto industry to make important sa...
Italian oncologist seen as a father of cancer research dies

The Associated Press
Nov 09, 2016 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Umberto Veronesi, an Italian oncologist, former health minister and senator widely respected for his work on preventing and treating breast cancer, has died...
Remembering 'Mr. Batavia,' Bob Popeck

By Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 09, 2016 12:00 am - Bob Popeck was "a kind of Mr. Batavia," according to Mayor Jeff Schielke. Although Popeck wasn't born there - he came from Cicero at age 12 - he quickly came to love the...
Buffalo Grove's Bill Brimm recalled as 'glue that held the village together'

By Eileen O. Daday
Nov 09, 2016 12:00 am - The former village manager of Buffalo Grove, described by one colleague as being the "glue that held the village together," died unexpectedly on Tuesday. Bill Brimm serv...
Keeneland bugler George 'Bucky' Sallee dies at age 87

The Associated Press
Nov 08, 2016 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - George "Bucky" Sallee, who bugled horses to the post at Keeneland for more than 50 years, has died. He was 87. Sallee's wife of 38 years, Barbara C...
Janet Reno, former US attorney general, dies at age 78

By CURT ANDERSON
Nov 07, 2016 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and was also the epicenter of a relen...
Janet Reno, former US attorney general, dies at age 78

By CURT ANDERSON
Nov 07, 2016 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Janet Reno, who was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general but also became the epicenter of multiple political storms during the Clinton administ...

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